africaken254:
how! it seems your not understanding the kind of environment i am talking about ! at which distance can you see with you Mark 1 eyeball! your carrying a G-3 rifle with a range of Effective firing range 500 metres,how effective are you going to be against an ATGM ! so did saddan with his countless T-72 tanks during Gulf war 1,the russian thought their numerical advantage would help them in the first chechen war campaign but ended up being a disaster

The T-72 would have been successful if they had modern ammunition, fire control system and not the mechanical driven turret.

How do infantry deal with snipers, mortars, machine guns and other weapon outside the effective range of their assault rifles?

Henry240:


What almost all look the same.

The kit used by the ST units in Syria. The helmets, uniform, rifles etc.

Egypt rafale jet

Uganda air force Cessna 208B aircraft

Uganda people defence forces troop listening to a speech by the Chief of Defense Forces of Uganda forces

Henry240:





Besides, what did we even get with the 2016 budget, I nova see anything interms of acquisitions.

oga henry abeg when making this kind of comment back it with facts or some persons go invade this thread

giles14:
oga henry abeg when making this kind of comment back it with facts or some persons go invade this thread

My comments are not based on any political leaning and I'm well knowledgeable in the defence matters i discuss to ask this question.

It is hard to see what concretely was achieved with the 2016 budget.

Senegal new build CN-235

Henry240:
Senegal new build CN-235

how many on order ?

jakeporeshenko:
how many on order ?

I believe it's just the one.

Yeah I remember the FG bought some of the manta class patrol crafts and Town class patrol boats during the Niger delta militancy back then

Deway75:

Manta class littoral interceptor made by Suncraft Tech (Singapore)

Henry240:


You mean from Al Bab alone, what about from other fronts? How could they have lost 11 Tanks, 10 Leos in Al Bab, what are they even doing?

How many tanks have they lost in general, I know the Kurds killed a couple Patton tanks initially, any ideas?

they are still fighting.in the manner of ottoman empire...


even turkey will collapse if they dont adapt quick to the modern era...
..

they still think like 1460 against byzantine empire...

Henry240:



** I'll like to correct an error i made a couple weeks back on the size of Turkey in NATO. I initially said Turkey has the 4rd largest military in NATO behind the US, UK and France.

Actually the Turks have the 2nd largest military in NATO, only behind the US.

In my opinion, Turkey deploying Tanks and IFVs, without large scale Infantry was a very bad idea. Syria sits right on the border, the idea of copying Western partners in sending only SF is a bad, terrible idea. Not like their Special Forces have been effective anyway, i mean, when compared to the Russians, the other SF units operating in Syria seem to be a bunch of over-pampered babies.

The Turks would eventually take Al bab, but the losses we are currently seeing could have been avoided.

The Turkish army, like most M.E. armies, is a meme

It's "coupe-proofed" to the extent that there is basically no inter unit cohesion

Almost all training is focused on internal supression (inside Turkey) and not on highly intensity warfare

All the best units are kept as a preatorian guard and will never see combat

Same problem with other armies in the region

africaken254:
how! it seems your not understanding the kind of environment i am talking about ! at which distance can you see with you Mark 1 eyeball! your carrying a G-3 rifle with a range of Effective firing range 500 metres,how effective are you going to be against an ATGM ! so did saddan with his countless T-72 tanks during Gulf war 1,the russian thought their numerical advantage would help them in the first chechen war campaign but ended up being a disaster

Because officers and SNCOs tend to have the MK2 Binocular, while infantry tend to carry HMGs and mortars around with them... Not to mention that they could just ask the nearby tanker to borrow his 120mm

Saddam's losses were due to incompetence, Russia's were too

africaken254:
even hezbollah used effectively ATGM systems to hunt Israeli infantry,during their occupation of southern Lebanon and during the 2006 Lebanon.i have seen hezbollah videos of dismounted israel infantry walking alongside their APC's,startled when their APC suddenly get hit by AT-3 Sagger anti-tank guided missiles.there are also countless other videos of syrian troops startled when their vehicles or themselves are hit by ATGM

If the infantry are standing next to it, then they aren't screening it

Henry240:


Turkey having the second largest military in NATO is an advantage, however their surgeon into Syria seems to suggest their are gaps in the quality of NATO training.

Don't for a second try to pretend that Turkeys Conscript army is representative of NATO

Guess which country used to have this level of air assert.

Ghana
Ghana Air Force - 5 aircraft ordered in 2015.[153] The total value of the contract was $88million with loan from BNDS, which also includes logistics support and a training system for pilots and mechanics in Ghana. The first aircraft is expected to arrive on the second half of 2016, and it will be used as advanced training, border surveillance and internal security missions.[154] Ghana’s Air Force has plans to expand the acquisition with four additional Super Tucano A-29s turboprop-powered aircraft with light attack, reconnaissance and training capabilities according to Air Vice-Marshal Michael Samson-Oje of Ghana. If finalized, the deal will increase Ghana’s A-29 quantity to nine. The latest negotiations follow Ghana’s pre-existing contract with Embraer for the supply of five A-29s, which was confirmed by both sides at the Paris Air Show in June 2015.[155]

Nice media campaign. About time


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK4sNdpf4rA

DSS foils Terrorist attack on US soil, Obama writes Buhari, hails DSS.

For providing intelligence information that led to the foiling
of a terrorist attack on the United States of America (USA),
President Barack Obama has written a letter to President
Muhammadu Buhari, appreciating Nigeria for its role.The
United States president also commended the Department of
State Services (DSS) which actually provided the intelligence
information.A highly placed DSS source who disclosed this
yesterday, said that a few months back, men of the service,
in the course of their work, got information about a group
planning to carry out a terror attack on US grounds and the
information was shared with relevant US agencies who
collaboratedwith the service to forestall the attack.

According to him, Obama in the letter praised the DSS for their professionalism and expertise in the handling of the
matter.The source further disclosed that ever since the
arrest of Khaid al-Barnawi, leader of Ansaru, a splinter
group from Boko Haram, delegations from intelligence
services across the world had been visiting Nigeria to
consult the DSS as well as interrogate the suspect who is still
in custody.Also known as Mohammed Usman, Kafuri,
Naziru, Alhaji Yahaya, Mallam Dauda and Alhaji Tanimu, al-
Barnawi who was the mastermind of the bombing of the UN
building in Abuja was arrested by the DSS inApril this
year.Before his arrest by the DSS, the USA Department of
State designated him a Specially Designated Global Terrorist
under section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224 on June 21,
2012 and announced a reward of$5 million for his arrest.

http://leadership.ng/news/565354/foiled-terror-attack-on-us-obama-writes-pmb-hails-dss

Off topic post

Meanwhile they are getting their asses handed to them, ohh well eventually they'll learn from their mistakes and begin to get things right. Turkey has a power military industrial complex so they can handle the losses.

jakeporeshenko:
Off topic post

Meanwhile they are getting their asses handed to them, ohh well eventually they'll learn from their mistakes and begin to get things right. Turkey has a power military industrial complex so they can handle the losses.

LOL, they are remaking Fury while ISIS keeps taking their priced Leo2A4's.


Yeah, Turkey can take the losses, their defence industry is very advanced. They'll surely eventually take Al bab.

Patchesagain:


Don't for a second try to pretend that Turkeys Conscript army is representative of NATO

The US army was also conscript in WWII and Vietnam. Turkey's army represents NATO for sure, you can't deny this. They are the Second largest NATO member.

Nigeria COIN

Nigerian Air Force personnel

NAF regiment

Nigerian navy NNS Unity

The year's almost over but some spouting rubbish over here never take a break.

Oh well.

Henry240:
Nigerian navy NNS Unity

Lovely.

Nigerian navy

My Fav Nigerian war journalist Brenda Uji

Brenda Uji with a crack commando unit, I'm not even sure what these guys are, maybe navy SBS